Learn how gradient descent really works by building it step by step in Python. No libraries, no shortcuts—just pure math and ...

We are all familiar enough by now with the succession of boards that have come from Raspberry Pi in Cambridge over the years, ...

When I was new to programming, I focused way too much on learning the syntax, especially the brackets, the semicolons, and ...

Chatbots can be overly agreeable. To get less agreeable responses, ask for opposing viewpoints, multiple perspectives, and a ...

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental.

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...

Time moves differently when you’re stuck. Days bleed into weeks, months disappear like smoke, and you look up one day, wondering where it all went. I learned that feeling isn’t actually about time. It ...

Helldivers 2 is getting its next premium Warbond on December 2, bringing new weapons, armor sets, and everything else you need to stomp some bugs. The Python Commandos Warbond seems inspired by the ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

The battle for the right to repair your own car or take it to the independent shop of your choice rages on, despite states like Massachusetts passing Right to Repair laws and similar efforts on a ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning. Most artificial-intelligence (AI) models can reliably identify patterns in data ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...